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UCmeNdc

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Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:09 AM Mar 2016

Donald Trump’s Rally in Chicago Canceled After Violent Scuffles

With thousands of people already packed into stands and music blaring to warm up the crowd, Donald J. Trump’s campaign abruptly canceled his rally here on Friday night over security concerns as protesters clashed with his supporters inside an arena where he was to speak.

Minutes after Mr. Trump was to have taken to a podium on the campus of a large, diverse public university just west of downtown, an announcer suddenly pronounced the event over before it had begun. Hundreds of protesters, who had promised to be a visible presence here and filled several sections of the arena, let out an elated, unstopping cheer. Mr. Trump’s supporters, many of whom had waited hours to see the Republican front-runner, seemed stunned and slowly filed out in anger.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/us/trump-rally-in-chicago-canceled-after-violent-scuffles.html?emc=edit_th_20160312&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=18674485

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Donald Trump’s Rally in Chicago Canceled After Violent Scuffles (Original Post) UCmeNdc Mar 2016 OP
trump picked the wrong locale ellenrr Mar 2016 #1

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
1. trump picked the wrong locale
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 07:52 AM
Mar 2016

U of Illinois at Chicago is a hot bed of African-american, immigrant, and general community organizing.
ha!

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